Burn! DVD – Thomas Lyons, Norman Hill

The Man Who Sells War. A Caribbean island in the mid-1800’s. Nature has made it a paradise; man has made it a hell. Slaves on vast Portuguese sugar plantations are ready to turn their misery into rebellion – and the British are ready to provide the spark. They send agent William Walker (Marlon Brando) on a devious three-part mission: trick the slaves into revolt grab the sugar trade for England…then return the slaves to servitude. Colonialism and insurrection are explored in the searing epic Burn!. Both visually and narratively stunning Burn! glows with the fires of filmmaking genius. Genius is also evident in Brando’s complex intelligent portrayal of a man who is both gentleman and scoundrel revolutionary and colonialist. And Ennio Morricone’s haunting music memorably underscores the almost overwhelmingly powerful story.